I don't really buy it either but who was there to disprove the guy? I ran into an issue a few years back w/ some guys who were trespassing w/ their hounds. I had a dog fight in the backyard and ended up taking my lab to the emergency vet after finally gettin 2 hounds off him.

It can happen, but it's not the norm. Biggest problem is when houndsmen turn loose on a 5 acre patch of woods they have permission on, knowing their hounds are going to be runnin allover private ground they don't have permission on.

I have hounds I hunt and I completely understand the fact that we can't always control where they run, but we do have control on how much ground we turn them loose on. I'd be as mad as anyone if my dogs got shot. But if a home owner says my dog was attacking his dog in his yard what do you do? We've got the right to protect our property right? Now if this didn't happen on the "shooters" property then it's an entirely different story and they should charge the guy.